kuwait's ballad boycott collectively widespread anger at a poll the islamist led opposition says is rigged in support of the u.s. backed monarchy. egyptian president mohamed morsi names the date for a public referendum on the country's new constitution amid ongoing mass protests triggered by his self-imposed powers. and israel reportedly strikes a residential area in gaza injuring three civilians and despite a cease fire agreed between the two this comes just days after the u.n. upgraded palestine diplomatic status.

in life from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly good to have you with us the islamist led opposition in kuwait has boycotted saturday's parliamentary ballot in a bitter standoff with the country's unelected leaders the u.s. backed monarchy is accused of amending the voting rules to influence the outcome of the poll artie's lucic half an office in the gulf state with the latest. kuwait may be a tiny nation but its regional influence as well as this strategic importance to the west is immense absolutely immense as an opec member anything any sort of unrest that happens on the ground here could have potential impact on the world oil market as well as global oil prices as well as the pentagon's plans to use this tiny nation as a hub for its ground forces as a counterweight to iran now kuwait already holds three american military bases and folks in washington are talking about increasing the troop presence here especially in light of the withdrawal of troops from iraq and the looming withdrawal from afghanistan now tolls have officially close here in kuwait and while we won't know

the results the opposition is already claiming a victory here saying that the boycott was success that voter turnout was low and that the parliament therefore is illegitimate now what this means is this could spark further on rests on the streets on the ground here in kuwait and people are quite frustrated with the developments in the political system on one hand this country is considered to be one of the most democratic and liberal and sort of open minded compared to the other gulf monarchies but at the same time the unelected ruling emir has the power to veto legislation to dissolve the parliament which is what has taken place four times since two thousand and six as well as effectively there's been a ban on little parties and gatherings of more than twenty people are banned and so the worry here is that while kuwaitis do generally enjoy more rights than residents of other gulf states there is a trend towards effective oppression here on the ground and a move away towards democratic as ation and this is of course all happening as the

gulf countries are struggling to deal with the effects of the arab spring hoping to stave it off from taking place on the ground right now what we've heard from the opposition already actually in fact we have spoken to. who i'm twitter he's leading opposition figure on twitter he has already said the kuwaiti people have succeeded in bringing down the selection by not taking part we sat down with him and i want to play you a little bit of what he had to say about the political problem here. one problem is that the government doesn't need neither the constitution nor democracy and they always start to talk about dialogue whenever they need a temporary alternative one but in practice they are defying democracy the main problem is that since one thousand nine hundred seventy six the development of kuwait has stopped because the government started thinking of how to change the constitution and get rid of it the growth of the country has stopped and the guns on the table to change the constitution or to continue with the development process as a result the situation has got to where it is now. and so what he's referring to is

effectively what people feel is a corruption at the top a lack of economic development despite the massive oil wealth of this country both as well as what people feel a subversion of the political system and as i said while there is more media freedom and sort of political freedom relative to other countries here we have seen activists arrested for speaking out negatively against the ruling family and the policies here and we've also seen crackdowns on public gatherings and on sanctions protests with the security forces using tear gas stun grenades as well as rubber bullets so the fear here is that the country could be moving away from liberal policies and from theoretical democracy and we are expecting results on the election shortly we'll keep an eye on and give you information as it becomes available now eric draitser a geo political analysis analyst from stop imperialism dot com says whoever is elected kuwait needs to balance its own interests with the influence of the west. the most important element in all of this is whether or not the opposition is able to stand up against this family the ruling class the ruling class in kuwait and

most importantly standing against u.s. imperialism kuwait in and of itself is not terribly important but when seen in the context of the g.c.c. and seen as one of the most reliable u.s. allies particularly juxtaposed against what is happening in bahrain then we understand that the united states in the western powers cannot allow the saw family to fall you have to see that kuwait is a launching point in a possible war against iran so all of these taken together really shows that the united states has both political geo political and then of course social reasons why they want to maintain the status quo egypt's president mohamed morsi has announced of the referendum on the new constitution will be held on december the fifteenth that's as the country is gripped by unrelenting protests with thousands coming out both for and against morsi and as artie's tom barton reports the document approved by his islamist allies has come in for some fierce criticism. we've been hearing for over a week now from the opponents have addiction president mohamed morsi and the muslim

brotherhood who back him keep criticism if the decree he gave last week granting himself sweeping new powers the power to make decrees with legal challenge the new say the new constitution here rushed through opponents say i'm stupid islamist you won't hear any fact criticism here this is a demonstration in support so i thought how would you see many people here for me because i do so from my to sections of egyptian society. very supportive of him as a president since he was practically elected i think i think his declaration was for the reason that you can see certain is reasonable for. a movie showing that it's not just a simple as you could see this is the. why do you think that was it was that you should society at large sections of the

population this is it was not of course not just being peaceful protests in iran tucker eskew i mean was it some protestors that you know i think. we've demonstrated in support of my time with you see say thank you out it was me i think you would be if you think you was going to have to resign because you have to try out a little was. going to was you should not just the middle east expert dr o'mara sure says morsi is not doing enough to pacify his opponents the last thirteen point two million voters who voted for the president and there are more din twelve million that will do against him so any of these camps can mobilize hundreds of seldon's and you would in egypt it's

a power struggle the opposition or some of its leaders at least lost the presidential elections in the parliamentary elections before death they are quite weighty about islamist supporters of the president and you don't want to see it is an islamist domination of egypt's elected institutions the president was elected by a video margin the i'm not surprised with the polarization i think the president could have done a better job in containing such a call that was issued by having the better communication strategies but definitely in egypt if the constitution was upheld and if we had. on him introductions i think egypt would be heading towards the high tech. witnesses to report a possible ceasefire violation as israel hits a residential area in gaza injuring three people from one family this comes after thursday's vote at the un general assembly upgrading palestine to a nonmember observer state meanwhile a number of western countries plus the un have hit out at israel for authorizing

three thousand new settler homes in the west bank and east jerusalem the u.s. called the construction decision counterproductive to peace negotiations to end of the arab israeli conflict palestinians say the lands in the west bank and east jerusalem which were occupied by israel in the one nine hundred sixty s. must be returned to the human rights activist stephen hind thinks both sides are now further from a two state solution than ever before. if we're serious about a two state solution and if we're serious about moving towards. this new way that this assessment expansion can be seen as in any way a move towards getting back on the table and moving towards the peace talks that they desperately need in the latest upsurge in violence in gaza we've seen documented proof that israel launched indiscriminate attacks i.e. they failed to distinguish between combatant and civilian in the same way that hamas rocket attacks very clearly are aimed at civilians which is

a violation of international humanitarian law in the sense that it's a target civilian. indiscriminate nature of no further away for a two state solution perhaps you've ever been before but only by building on the international consensus that we've got the israel and even the united states a favor away from can we move towards a long lasting peace and you are with r t coming up the future of america's high tech is in jeopardy find out why silicon valley is shutting out of the innovators who helped create its digital revolution plus. i'm kind of a thought what i don't know doesn't everybody so if you're. government is killing innocent people you're ok with that i'm not saying i'm ok with that but. i know i'm contradicting myself but i obviously don't want my government to kill innocent people good in the same boat. how do i know they're innocent. we ask people in new york whether ignorance is bliss when it comes to their

government's dark secrets that's all still ahead this hour on r.t. after a short break. waves of corruption are rocking russia hundreds of millions of dollars vanished from apec building projects and russia's got a nice satellite project a real estate scandal has also led to the defense minister being fired note i said fire in russia we hear a lot about corruption scandals and the reaction is usually firing or forced resignation and maybe that would be ok another country but russia has big dreams in a big country that has big corruption spoiling all of those dreams a country can't survive with every infrastructural or scientific project is so dry from within whether the government is unwilling or unable to sternly punish these

offenders is a huge topic by could tell you that if there's no real fear of punishment this will just keep going on for ever perhaps it's time to put a big asterisk for high level corruption next to the moratorium on the death penalty but that's just my opinion. well. offers an air show and an unnamed mission museum doesn't matter you.

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with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cons a report on our. then welcome back your life from moscow with r.t. . crew some of footage has emerged apparently showing syrian rebels executing loyalists while their victims pleaded for their lives now quick warning some of the images you're about to see are graphic one of the gunmen is heard referencing an al qaeda linked group behind several terrorist attacks in the country this comes as the opposition fighters claim new advances in their drive towards the capital damascus in the meantime authorities say they have restored all internet and phone services after a two day nationwide communications blackout news analyst pat for coming said says

the information blockade benefits those backing the rebel militias we have a massive problem again with syrian we've had this problem from the beginning which is the skewing of information coming out of the country the syrian observatory for human rights was responsible for a lot of the initial bogus claims or allowed the west to sort of justify the backing of the free syrian army terrorist groups the leaders of our western countries particularly nato countries or encouraging the syrian terrorist rebels guerrillas whatever you want to call them to really accelerate the blood in that country because in the eyes of washington of london they're going to get the blood out the quicker they can have reaching just a report just came out this week with the supplying satellite units to rebels rebel groups terrorist groups essentially in syria so big can communicate while the internet is down the country there was an image initially sold in the media in

places like the washington post is there a move by the assad government possibly to shut down rebel communications but actually you know point further investigation it looks like it's possible that actually the combination of the united states operatives and the syrian rebels. could actually be behind the bringing down the internet and the reason is is because it is in the blood of the. country last spring but the west is any reports coming out on the internet over actual rebel terrorist atrocities in that country. that we've seen quite a bit of recently now let's take a look at some other stories from across the globe this hour at least two people have been injured as clashes broke out at the inauguration of mexico's president please use to tear gas to disperse the protesters trying to break through security barriers by throwing molotov cocktails the demonstrators claim president bought votes to secure his own election. north korea says it will try to launch

a long range rocket later this month the move is set to sour relations with south korea and the united states a failed launch in april resulted in washington suspending food aid to the totalitarian state tension on the peninsula is also rising over south korea's recent deal with of the u.s. which will dramatically increase of souls ballistic missile range. at least two people have been killed and three badly injured when a double decker bus hit a bridge at miami international airport police are questioning the driver who is not believed to be familiar with the airport's road system the vehicle carrying thirty two mostly elderly passengers was too tall for the entrance to the arrivals area. so a convoy lee has long been of the world's leading hub for high tech business a reputation largely attributed to an influx of foreign entrepreneurs but as artie's medina found out this global symbol of enterprise could soon be in danger with the u.s. growing ever more reluctant to welcome new talent from abroad puts the silicon

valley. lots of sharing helping each other even competitors will help each other similar the biggest brands on the planet and they'll end. up with america and surprisingly the majority were created by foreigners. jerry yang who was born in taipei surrogate britain whose parents came from russia when he was six or pierre omidyar and the rainy and born in paris silicon valley has thrived thanks largely to immigrants people who came here with their dreams and had the drive to make them a reality they transformed this plays into an unreliable hub for high tech development the birthplace of global pioneers one person who helps those outsiders to get a foot in the door is german born and how it could blend struck she says the valley moves so fast that it seems skilled foreigners springing up left right and center

that she average day and there is a simple reason such success is coming their way so many of the of the indians and chinese that comin the others they make these great companies and then they hire people so they are really giving work and i think they're hungry for the words they want to succeed they're driven the valley's biggest fries came with the boom of immigrants in the ninety's that brought innovations in software and internet services the numbers speak for themselves just over half of the companies found it in silicon valley from the mid ninety's to the mid two thousand had founders born and brought in the latest research says there is a case to one for being born inventor behind three quarters off after a new patient and like her many others getting impatient for a start up is what brought julia to palo alto her project is called smart wall and works is a messaging tool for those who want to avoid social networks most of the people that are that i see are foreigners and also there are

a lot of americans that are not from here so they're also coming it's it's not a matter of nationality here it's a matter of the real skills that you have but there are some clouds on the california sky currently over half of foreign born inventiveness face visa hurdles the end. knowing economic recession has broad deep fears his home and boat much needed jobs going into hands that have come from abroad me need time for many to understand that foreigners can actually bring benefits to times when america so desperately needs them and i think that's something that white america doesn't get they didn't understand why. because they don't because i think that a lot of this fear is still there they are taking our jobs the way america prides itself on being a melting pot the country where thousands flocked for a better life but u.s. immigration policy me put an end to all that and you know question artsy.

and for more on our stories you can head to our g.'s web site already there for you right now the u.s. senate approves a bill on national security which could damage the capability of afghanistan's security forces find out wild line plus. putin publishes his official welcoming address revealing the agenda for the year ahead as russia assumes the presidency of the g twenty. and u.k. officials get hot under the collar as one hundred seventy boxes containing top secret files about britain's former colonial rule have gone missing that is out on our website r t dot com. during two days of pretrial hearings the lawyers for the american private accused of leaking classified data to wiki leaks told the court about his mistreatment and suicidal thoughts bradley manning has already spent the best part of the two years in detention for allegedly revealing killings the u.s. military did not want to exposed on the anniversary of cable gate that landed him behind bars or harshness to ask whether people really want to know what their

governments are up to. it's been two years since wiki leaks released what's now known as cable gates the world's largest leak of classified u.s. material so has it changed the world much this week let's talk about that i'm kind of a thought what i don't know doesn't hurt me so if your government is killing innocent people you're ok with that i'm not saying i'm ok with that but. i know i'm contradicting myself but i obviously don't want my government to kill innocent people but in the same boat. how do i know they're innocent if you run a government and you live or you run a business associate business and you lead everyone from your employees to the person who's the janitor to know everything about your business something's going to come back and haunt you and so maybe you shouldn't do anything that would haunt you. that. you have

a good point knowledge is power right so we found out some information so that's a positive thing but i don't know if it's changed anything you don't think it's changed the way the governments might act. i think if they broke through some sort of firewall to get this information they probably built a new firewall that they can't break through quite as easily i don't think i it's changed anything i think the government is going to make it more of a secret you know as far as there's money power involved i don't think anything's going to change the information it has since the printing of good will berg in the fourteenth century. the public is allowed to have information what about the government are they allowed to have information about us certainly yes so what about the people who protested bad the government is using the internet to spy on us. well if you want to spy on each other just look at today just to minutes ago syria just closing the internet so is that a government the i think of the government especially the world that america is the world was ultimately is going to be about it whether or not we feel like wiki leaks

has changed the world the bottom line is governments might now feel like they have their own big brother watching and hopefully that's a good thing. in just a couple of minutes the murky secrets of the world's financial giants are revealed and the latest reports coming up on are today. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the suckling island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to visit is now the speech u.s. place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction.

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to find out more visit or a big. secret laboratory to mccurry was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach creation why it should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only on the dog. max kaiser welcome to the kaiser report some say the devil's greatest trick was convincing the world he didn't exist i say is greatest trick was convincing us that central banks should exist and then the central banks go back and dancing us that only debt is money and to this toxic debt we must sacrifice our sovereign souls to

eternal inflation deflation. stacy. kaiser well speaking of central banks and convincing us that debt is money of course part of that was convincing us that gold and silver are not money and they've tried to van. it from our collective consciousness so austrian press agency cites a gaffe in report on possible audit of austria's gold the austrian national bank was forced to admit last week in parliament that eighty percent of austria's national gold is in london and explain that the bank has earned three hundred million euros in the past decade with gold leasing operations after an expert commented that this suggested that a large part of the gold was leased out the bank a leak that currently only sixteen percent of the reserves are affected the bank

gave no explanation for the relatively high income from gold lending. get scores again bill murphy and chris lowe are there again of course simple math will tell you that if you're leasing that quantity at that rate for that period of time you end up with a certain number which is unimpeachable and it points the finger at the austrian central bank as being inveterate liars. is going to have really made it rightfully should now gold leasing is what they do to in order to suppress the price this is part of the conspiracy theory that central banks manipulate our perception of the value of gold and therefore the value of their fee up ponzi schemes and so here they're trying to convince the population who is now dubious and questioning whether or not they should have sold their soul to this central bank in devil and they're saying look we've made three hundred million euros for you.